Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
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The mallard (/ˈmælɑːrd/ or /ˈmælərd/) (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa. This duck belongs to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae. The male birds (drakes) have a glossy green head and are grey on wings and belly while the females (hens or du
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Description: male has a green head, yellow bill, yellow chest and gray body. Females are brown and black with an orange and black bill. 18 to 27 in head to tail
Found in park: Most often found in Cades Cove
Habitat: Marshes, wooded swamps, fields, and any fresh body of water.
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- (c) Alberto_VO5, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/albertovo5/5358606131/
- (c) Jon. D. Anderson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jon_d_anderson/32249803141/
- (c) Kyle Tansley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kyle Tansley
- (c) Nate Martineau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nate Martineau
- Adapted by Will Kuhn from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anas_platyrhynchos
- (c) elmaddi, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/631418
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- All About Birds-- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Animal Diversity Web
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- CalPhotos
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- NBN Atlas
- VertNet
- Xeno-canto
- 日本のレッドデータ検索システム
